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Making assumptions about a person by the car they drive or whom they vote for is, no doubt, mostly bullshit. And yet, stereotypes exist for a reason. While it would be funnier if the people in this video swapped places, it is what it is. More »
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A bear in Lake Tahoe broke into a Toyota Prius parked in a local driveway. He got angry, as bears do, and shifted the Prius into neutral — though probably not on purpose. Then, the hybrid rolled into a neighbor's house. Smug bear attack! More »
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Here is something you will not hear come out of a black person's mouth: "That 2012 Toyota Prius? I need that." I hate to generalize but think about it, when was the last time you heard any one of your black friends hype up a Prius, a Nissan Leaf or any other environmentally-safe automobile? You haven't. More »
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You might ask why someone would want to turn a perfectly good Toyota Prius into a roller coaster that moves at a mere 15mph. I ask why not? More »
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Stop laughing, this is serious. Toyota today announced a new, add-on performance pack for the Prius. The package mainly improves — now stop that! — the Prius's stance, with a lowering kit, 17" forged alloys and rear anti-sway bar. C'mon, I said no laughing, and I mean it. More »
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"Planet of the Apes" star Estella Warren was arrested in Los Angeles on suspicion of felony drunk driving after crashing her Toyota Prius into parked cars and attempting to escape authorities. Wow, beige really bites back. More »
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This is great, not only because it makes fun of Toyota Prii (hate saying that) and toy commercials, but because it makes a dire comment on the future of automotive enthusiasm. Also, suspend your disbelief about the battery charging joke, please. More »
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Some concepts are so wrong they traverse the globe like Phileas Fogg and come around on the other side suddenly in the right. A Toyota Prius with an upgraded 600-hp LS7 V8 wedged in the nose? So bad it's good again. UPDATE: More »
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The self-driving Google Cars put on a demonstration at the TED 2011 conference of the type of fast driving we weren't aware either Prius hybrids or autonomous Google Cars could pull off. More »
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Toyota's Israeli arm commissioned this ad showing how the Prius emits less noxious fumes than a farting sheep. At least the sheep doesn't feel smug about it. [Copyranter] More »
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It's a "holiday sweater" because most hybrid drivers are Wiccans and don't celebrate Christmas. It's made in Austin because the city's full of people with enough time to knit a car sweater. And it's beige-ish because it's a Prius. More »
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Although California bans hand-held cell phone use by drivers, and testers of Google self-driving vehicles are legally considered to be "drivers," one Google engineer is still illegally and dangerously reaching out to touch somebody. More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5702550&view=rss&microfeed=true Russell Brand's learning how to drive in a Toyota Prius so he can drive his wedding present from Katy Perry. [DailyMail] More »
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This Huntington Beach resident is suspected of driving his Prius under the influence. Exhibit A: he backs his car into the police car that pulled him over. Exhibit B: After retrieving his car, he crashes it into a light pole. More »
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After four years of planning and three years of hype, we've finally driven a production Chevrolet Volt plug-in "hybrid." We expected some character from the most obsessively engineered vehicle in GM's history. We didn't expect so many personalities at once. More »
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Toyota doesn't want you to tow things with your Prius. But you can. Up to 2,000 pounds according to PriusChat forum fan-boys. It also makes you simultaneously despised by enthusiasts and smug environmentalists. Good work. [@AsianMartin] More »
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Toyota announced today they've sold two million Prius hybrids globally since 1997. Let's put that in perspective. Toyota's sold less Prii in 13 years than the number (three million) of pickup trucks sold in just 2008 in the U.S. More »
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An Indiana man who runs the largest Prius recycling center in the country wanted a plug-in Prius that could match the utility of his first car, an El Camino. The results may disturb you. More »
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Alex Severinsky, a Soviet emigrant who began his career developing antitank-warfare instrumentation, patented a system for powering gas-electric hybrids in 1994. Toyota used his system for the Prius without permission or payment. Until this week. More »
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In California, 85,000 owners of the Toyota Prius and two other hybrids were granted special stickers providing access to High-Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lanes, even with a single occupant in the car. That all ends on January 1st. More »
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It's "NA5CAR 2," part-electric boogaloo: This Toyota Prius, seen in Huntington Beach, prepares to do what comes naturally to carefully engineered stock cars. (Hat tip to Ryan!) More »
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Timothy Hird of Winder, Georgia was so sick of people pushing around hybrid drivers he attempted to race a non-hybrid Honda Civic to "prove how fast his Prius could go." The stunt landed the beleaguered Prius owner in jail. More »
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A Minneapolis driver's claiming a dog driving a Toyota Prius t-boned his VW Jetta in a parking lot. Wrap your noodle around the silliness while we explain how this is actually possible. More »
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A Pabst Blue Ribbon tap handle makes an outstanding Prius accessory if you're a Williamsburg resident, but ELO on the radio? Really? Starship is the ironic music du jour. Please turn in your neon sunglasses and beard. [MobileLocalSocial via OMG-Ponies] More »
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An unintentionally accelerating Toyota Prius nearly killed a 12-year old boy in Arizona as he was directing an elderly driver into a parking space when the hybrid took off, knocking him over. More »
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Actress and Joss Whedon-fixation Eliza Dushku drives a Toyota Prius just like everyone else in Hollywood, but according to Dushku she could only stand the stock tires and wheels for a week before swapping in off road all-terrain tires. What? More »
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NHTSA says computer data from a Toyota Prius that crashed in suburban New York City show at the time of the accident the throttle was open and the driver was not applying the brakes. Another hybrid hoax? Probably. More »
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At a press conference today, Toyota agreed with NHTSA's earlier assessment, offering up eight reasons why Jim Sikes account of his "runaway Prius" is completely full of crap. More »
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Confirming the congressional memo we shared yesterday questioning the story of runaway Prius driver Jim Sikes, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) officials say "we have not been able to find anything to explain the incident that Mr. Sikes reported." More »
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We first raised doubts about the financial motivations and character of Jim Sikes, the runaway Prius driver, last week. Now there's evidence, in a draft memorandum obtained by Jalopnik from sources familiar with the investigation, that Sikes perpetrated a hoax. More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5493011&view=rss&microfeed=true The U.S. automakers have been licking their chops to take a hard swipe at Toyota over unintended acceleration. None had the balls to actually do it. SNL, however, does — with this anti-Toyota commercial Ford wishes they could really run. More »
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Check out the front wheels on this Toyota Prius, after its owner rammed a guard rail after the throttle stuck open, accelerating it to 109 MPH. It's the second Prius II after James Sikes' to do this. [VG.no] More »
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Last night on Letterman, Dave had on a very special guest, Fake Akio Toyoda! The faux-Akio was ostensibly on camera to take responsibility for the company's current issues, but instead went on a stellar anti-American driver rant. Dave bites back? More »
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A confused Wall Street Journal cited a Toyota PR person, reporting that the 2008 Prius, seen yesterday accelerating out of control in California, will be the subject of a "future recall." They were wrong — it's already been recalled. More »
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New information about yesterday's runaway Prius indicates the CHP had to tell the driver to use both the brake and the emergency brake. More proof of beige biting back. More »
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An out-of-control Toyota Prius was brought to a halt today in San Diego by a California Highway Patrol car putting itself in front of it like a brake. According to the CHP, the car suffered from a stuck accelerator. UPDATE. More »
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XKCD is a regular read for every nerd/geek on the English-speaking internet. Today Mr. Randall Munroe took a a good-natured jab at the Toyota Prius and its braking woes. Hey, carrots, look out! [XKCD] More »
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Liz Phair drives a Prius. She went to a NASCAR race, and she has some thoughts. Also, Sheryl Crow likes something called "V-12 American muscle." Oof. [The Atlantic] More »
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